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The following table is based on information found in the Railway Group Guidance Notes GK/GN0525 dated October 2003 and published by the Rail Safety and Standards Board - Railway Group Standards.
Lever Colour(s) |
Lever Function(s) |
Yellow |
Distant signal |
Red |
Stop signal (main or miniature) |
Blue |
Facing point locks |
Black |
Points |
Blue (top) |
Combined points/facing point lock (including Power points and economic points) |
Brown |
Barriers |
Green |
Gongs |
White |
Spare lever |
Blue (top) |
Release lever |
Red (top) |
Acceptance lever |
Alternate brown and white stripes |
King lever |
Alternative black/white chevrons |
Detonators |
Red (top) |
Signals working with detonator placers |
Red (top) |
Combined home and associated distant signal (eg IB Signal) |
White (top) |
Levers worked to maintain locking or out of use and bolted secure but with locking still attached. Where the lever is to be operated, the lever top should be shortened and the requirement to pull the lever to maintain locking (or for interlocking purposes only) should be indicated to the signaller. |
Additional horizontal white band |
Any lever released from another signal box |
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